• Plastic bird-shaped vessel



Plastic bird-shaped vessel
Plastic bird-shaped vessel

Vaulted Tombs of Mesara ➔ Plastic bird-shaped vessel

Π4121
Clay
Mended. Three of the four legs are restored.
Height: 17.5 cm.
Koumasa
Area Delta
Early - Middle Bronze Age. Prepalatial period, Early Minoan ΙΙ - Middle Minoan ΙA period.:
2700 - 1900 BC:
Gallery:
I
Case:
7
Exhibition thematic unit:
Early Bronze Age - Prepalatial period (3000 - 1900 BC). Settlements and cemeteries - the rise of ruling groups
For the dead. From personal event to communal practices
Description
Jug in the shape of a chick with open beak as though waiting to be fed. At the sides of the body are folded wings which are highlighted with incisions, as is the wide tail. The head and neck are emphasised, as they are disproportionately large compared to the body. A similar, smaller vessel was found in the same part of the cemetery of Koumasa, together with other zoomorphic and anthropomorphic vessels. They were all probably used for pouring libations at funerary rituals.
Bibliography:
Betancourt, P.P. Η Ιστορία της Μινωικής Κεραμεικής. Princeton, 1985, 86-87. Xanthoudides, St. The Vaulted Tombs of Mesara. An Account of Some Early Cemeteries of Southern Crete. London, 1924, 41, pl. ΙΙ, XXVIII.
Author:
E. S.


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